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  • What Apple would have to do to comply with Donald Trump's American-built mandate

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    2 points:  1st rip on him, 2nd agree with some of it.

    Trumpo the clown has all his own cr@p, from his 'Made in America' hats to the steel he uses for his building made overseas.

    He s a walking hypocrite.

    Hiring this moron to fix our problems is like hiring a drug dealer to stop the drug war.

    He said he would 'drain the swamp' meaning get rid of political insiders and he isn't even in office yet and his entire cabinet is nothing but political insiders.

    You've been had people.  It was another con and you fell for it again.

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    In terms of Apple and everyone else getting their stuff made overseas.  I think he has point and I agree we need some jobs back.  I don't think most of these factors jobs will come back because no one here wants for work for $12 a day.  But I do think we need to enforce much greater taxes on theses companies and don't give the the 35% BS which we all know exactly NO ONE actually pays.  Apple, along with everyone else, doesn't need 100 Billion $ sitting in Ireland because they don't want to pay taxes.  Change the laws and make it illegal to park your money overseas, and then use the money for Americans.
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  • Chinese state-run media promises consequences for Apple, others if Trump starts trade war

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    robin huber said:
    Those who voted Trump say they are sick of politicians who say they will do things to get elected, then fail to follow through. Now, they tell us not to wet the bed because Trump didn't mean the things he said literally. So much for consistency. 
    Not to mention he said he wanted to get rid of all the capital hill insiders and has just appointed half of them.  So much for 'draining the swamp'.  The dude is a joke. 
    singularityroundaboutnowpropodpalomine

  • Chinese state-run media promises consequences for Apple, others if Trump starts trade war

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    Trump and his soon to be selected advisors are not dumb. 

    Trump doesn't believe in global warming and Pence doesn't believe in evolution and thinks you can cure gay people with hynotherapy.

    You sure about that first statement?
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  • Apple monitoring AT&T's potential merger with Time Warner, report says

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    This merger should be illegal from a monopoly POV anyway.  
    iqatedo

  • Study claims Apple avoided paying $65.08B in US taxes in 2015 through offshore arrangements

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    sog35 said:
    spice-boy said:
    The last "tax holiday" was granted by the US in 2004 for multinational companies. The rate was heavily reduced to a mere 5.25%. I as a small business owner pay about 35% on my profits. Corporations like Apple expect another Reparation tax holiday sooner or later so there is little incentive to bring this money back to the US until Congress caves in. How did this all happen? Well look at the people we citizen elect to political office, who funds their campaigns, who are they in debt to when the get into office? It is not the US citizen but these huge corporations. Laws are written to make these tax havens possible as a pay back for a cushy seat in Congress. Are corporations like Apple breaking the law? Not as the law is written. Is Apple morally wrong for taking advantage of these laws? Yes. Tax breaks and incentives were originally designed to help small to large businesses grow and have positive impact on a local or regional area. These incentives often have time limits unlike these tax haven laws. I am a big fan of Apple's products and services and have been for decades but don't let you love admiration of this company blind you to the fact they are positioned as many huge international corporations above the tax laws most citizens must follow. 
    Apple also pays 35% tax on ALL USA profits. You are in the same boat. You are barking up the wrong tree. The problem is the ridiculously high 35% tax rate in the USA. By far the highest tax rate in the world. 

    But Apple also has operations in other countries like China, Japan, and Europe. In those countries Apple pays all the taxes that are earned on profits in THOSE countries. In China they pay about a 15% corporate tax. So why should Apple pay the USA DOUBLE TAX on income EARNED in China? It makes ZERO sense.  There is no logical reason why Apple needs to pay the FULL TAX BURDEN of China profits and then pay tax again in the USA. Profits generated and EARNED in China have no business being taxed in the USA.

    When the tax holiday happenned those corporations were not paying a 5% tax on USA profits. They were paying a 5% tax IN ADDITION to the foreign taxes they ALREADY PAID.  So Apple would have paid 15% taxes on China generated profits and then an ADDITIONAL 5% tax to the US government for the right to bring the cash back into the USA.

    Basically you have a very shallow understanding of US and foreign tax laws.
    HAHA Sure they do!

     Anyone who thinks any of these multi-billion $ corps actually pays 35% in taxes is either lying on purpose or ignorant.
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